#Blogtober 12 - Halloween Bloggery - Podcast Recommendations 2

Well, my first podcast recommendations episode went down well, so here's a few more favourites.  This was definitely the plan all along, and absolutely not at all because I realised I completely blanked on a few obvious titles, honest gov'!

Recommendation the first is Hammer House of Podcast, which as the name suggests is all about the classic Hammer Horror films.  Writers Paul Cornell and Lizbeth Myles are the guides through a whole history of the studio's horror output, from 1955's The Quatermass Xperiment to 1976's To the Devil... A Daughter!.  The next episode out tomorrow will be 1963's Maniac, one of the "mini-Hitchcock" features Hammer was doing in the wake of Psycho.  Paul and Liz are great hosts, giving a good perspective on these old titles, often having and raising healthy debates about many of them.  Plus, given they both have their backgrounds in Doctor Who fandom, it's fun when they point out the cast and crew connections.  It's also worth throwing in the price of a Starbucks each month to their Patreon, as they are also covering Amicus films on there, and listener requests; I got a request on there for the Peter Cushing monster movie Island of Terror.  If you're thinking of going through the back catalogue of the studio that almost carried the British film industry for a while, try this one!

My other recommendation is for The Evolution of Horror, from Mike Muncer.  As the title suggests, this is looking at how the horror film has developed over the years, specifically going sub-genre by sub-genre.  So far they've gone through the developments of slasher movies, ghost stories, folk horror, and zombie movies, with the next series on the development of occult horror due out by the end of this month.  Each episode is Mike talking through the films with different critics, filmmakers, podcasters, and various other guests.  It always leads to a fun discussion, and the list of titles covered makes for a good viewing list, especially as everything gets listed on Letterboxd, making checking them off nice and easy.  Even if you don't go through the whole series, just checking out a few of the the episodes on films you know is worth it.  So yeah, at the very least it will be a good guide to help you plug some gaps in your horror film knowledge, as you can get a glimpse at the family tree of fright flicks.